Sustainability
Growing healthier communities based on sustainable energy use, agricultural production, building design, economic development and more.
Selected Books at the UMass Libraries
Beyond the limits: confronting global collapse, envisioning a sustainable future by Call Number: HD75.6 .M43 1992ISBN: 0930031555Publication Date: 1992
Civil Rights and the Environment in African-American Literature, 1895-1941 by Call Number: PS153.N5 C485 2018ISBN: 9781350009424Publication Date: 2018
Coping with the Climate Crisis by Call Number: E-Book QC903 .C675 2018ISBN: 9780231547352Publication Date: 2018
Eco-tech : the whole-earther's guide to the alternate society by Call Number: S501.2 .D47ISBN: 0440022339Publication Date: 1975
Farming with Native Beneficial Insects by Call Number: SB976.I56 F37 2014ISBN: 9781612122830Publication Date: 2014
Growing greener cities: urban sustainability in the twenty-first century by Call Number: HT241 .G76 2008ISBN: 0812220374Publication Date: 2008
Humane Metropolis: People and Nature in the 21st Century by Call Number: HT243 .U6 H86 2006ISBN: 1558495541Publication Date: 2006
Learning native wisdom : what traditional cultures teach us about subsistence, sustainability, and spirituality by Call Number: GE42 .H65 2008ISBN: 0813124875Publication Date: 2008
Localist movements in a global economy : sustainability, justice, and urban development in the United States by Call Number: HC110.E5 H47 2009ISBN: 9780262012645Publication Date: 2009
Participatory Action Research and the Environment by Call Number: GE25 .H37 2019ISBN: 9781138234734Publication Date: 2018
The power of sustainable thinking : how to create a positive future for the climate, the planet, your organization and your life by Call Number: GF78 .D66 2008ISBN: 1844075958Publication Date: 2008
Reinventing an Urban Vernacular by Call Number: HD7293 .M647 2017ISBN: 9781138682528Publication Date: 2017
The step-by-step guide to sustainability planning : how to create and implement sustainability plans in any business or organization by Call Number: HD30.255 .H584 2008ISBN: 1844076164Publication Date: 2008
Two billion cars : driving toward sustainability by Call Number: HE5611 .S67 2009ISBN: 0195376641Publication Date: 2009
The willing world : shaping and sharing a sustainable global prosperity by Call Number: HC79.E5 B327 2018ISBN: 9781108428217Publication Date: 2018
Finding Books at the UMass Libraries
Use the Library Catalog to locate books at the UMass (and Five College) Libraries
Below are examples of Subject Headings that may be used in searching the library catalogs (and many databases as well):
Agricultural Conservation
Architecture and Society
Buildings – Environmental aspects
City Planning – Citizen Participation
Common Good
Dwellings – Energy conservation
Ecological Houses
Garden Cities
Green Products
Greenbelts
Green Roofs (Gardening)
Greenways
House Construction – Environmental aspects
Human Geography
Open Spaces
Personal Space
Public Spaces
Renewable Energy Sources
Sustainable Architecture
Sustainable Buildings
Sustainable Development
Urban Homesteading
Facilitate great discussions with these booklets:
- A World of Health: Connecting People, Place and PlanetCall Number: RA 565 .W67 (Du Bois Library)Publication Date: 2010
- Discussion Course on Discovering a Sense of Place byCall Number: HT241 .D57 (Du Bois Library)Publication Date: 2007
- Discussion Course on Global Warming: Changing Co2urse byCall Number: QC981.8.G56 D57 (Science & Engineering Library)Publication Date: 2008
- Discussion Course on Healthy Children - Healthy Planet byCall Number: HQ769 .D57 (Du Bois Library)Publication Date: 2006
- Discussion Course on Menu for the Future byCall Number: S494.5 .D57 (Du Bois Library)Publication Date: 2011
- Discussion Course on Sustainable Systems at Work byCall Number: HD30.255 .D57 2009 (Du Bois Library)Publication Date: 2009
- Discussion Course on Voluntary Simplicity byCall Number: BJ1496 .D57 (Du Bois Library)Publication Date: 2011
- Hungry For Change: Food, Ethics and Sustainability byCall Number: S494.5 .H86 2011 (Du Bois Library)Publication Date: 2011
An e-text book
An open text book.
- Sustainability: A Comprehensive FoundationRecommended for first and second-year college students. As sustainability is a multi-disciplinary area of study, the text is the product of multiple authors drawn from the diverse faculty of the University of Illinois: each chapter is written by a recognized expert in the field.
